The purpose of the amendment is to update the rate methodology and payment rates for Day Activity and Health Services (DAHS) in support of increasing the base wage for certain personal attendants under Medicaid and other programs administered by HHSC to $10.60 per hour and revise the initial cost report database used to calculate the direct care cost component to be the most recent DAHS Medicaid cost report database.
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